Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short-Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension

Table 1

Baseline characteristics ( ± ).

Characteristic	LR3 group	Sham group
Gender
Male/female	2/13	6/9	0.22
Age (year)	56.53 ± 7.52	56.73 ± 4.91	0.57
Heredity
Yes/no	8/7	11/4	0.37
Course of disease (month)	106.00 ± 146.05	84.53 ± 62.52	0.49
Medication
Yes/no	8/7	9/6	0.78